Because in case you hadn’t yet figured it out, this three-and-easy win at Craven Cottage only underlined the fact the Swans are here to stay.

A double from loan star Gylfi Sigurdsson and one from Joe Allen handed Brendan Rodgers’ men a win that pushed them into a season-high eighth spot.

More significantly, while the magic tally of 40 points is still one more result away, the massive 17-point gap to the bottom-three can easily equate to safety.

To put it in simple terms – the Swans are closer to the Champions League than the Championship.

The numbers keep on coming. Coming off the back of those wins against Wigan and Man City, this was the first time Swansea have recorded three wins on the spin all year, taking their total top-flight victories to 10 with nine games to go.

With this goal treble, they are even out of negative goal difference for the first time since that opening day defeat at the Etihad.

So with all this in mind and for the first time this season, the Swansea fans sang about how “The Jacks are staying up” – but the performance had already said it all for them.

Because, keeping with the numbers, the fact Swansea completed 613 successful passes compared to Fulham’s 344 speaks volumes of their showing in West London.

And against a Cottagers side that aren’t exactly a hit-and-hope side too, boasting a home record that had only seen United, Tottenham and Everton register victories on their patch.

But they were totally outdone by Swansea. Outplayed, out-thought, out- fought, out-gunned – in all, blown out of the water.

And not just by the pretty stuff either, Swansea digging in at the back when it was needed, even without defensive linchpin Ashley Williams, whose failure to shake off a virus saw him miss his first game since May 2008 after a run of 169 consecutive league appearances.

They kept Fulham shut out with real determination all over the park and set up the platform for the victory, one that was always likely to be theirs when Sigurdsson nodded home from close range nine minutes before the break.

And when the loan star swept home from Wayne Routledge’s pass 11 minutes after the interval, it only needed Allen to add the finishing touches with a shot from the edge of the area 12 minutes from time.

The Fulham fans piled out, some booing their side, but the majority accepting of a defeat by a better team. And much the better side.

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Of course, it wasn’t always that obvious. Although Swansea had shown their intent within the first 30 seconds when Danny Graham forced a save from Mark Schwarzer, Fulham in turn brought the best out of Michel Vorm.

With Fulham happy to leave men high up the field, Clint Dempsey swatted away Leon Britton’s attentions to put Vorm at full stretch before the Dutchman gathered low from a Moussa Dembele angled effort.

And it took both the offside flag and the excellent intervention from Steven Caulker to stop Dempsey getting in behind when Bryan Ruiz found space 29 minutes in.

But having more than held their own, the Swans’ probing suddenly turned to penetration in a move from the back when Vorm found Neil Taylor, who in turn spotted Allen, who perfectly picked out Angel Rangel, inside to Sigurdsson with the shot fizzing just wide.

It was a sign of things to come as Scott Sinclair then demanded a save from Schwarzer before the first goal came.

Again, it was from back to front, but it was far from direct as the outstanding Sigurdsson gathered from a mistake from Pogrebnyak on the halfway line. The ball found its way to Routledge, Sinclair tapping back the looping cross for the unmarked Ice-man to stoop and head home.

Martin Jol’s men pushed forward after the restart, but Swansea’s control was complete, the brilliant Britton complemented by his two magnificent midfield partners as they pressed and passed Fulham into submission.

And when the second came, it was well deserved, as Sigurdsson pushed the ball wide to Routledge who teed him up for the 66th- minute finish.

There was then time for the killer third as Phillipe Senderos, dazzled by the orange shirts buzzing in front of him, gave up possession to Sinclair who freed the Welsh playmaker, dancing around the Swiss centre-half before firing low into the bottom corner.

Allen, who knew he had benefited from Senderos’ slip as well as a bobble before Schwarzer’s dive, opted not to celebrate his third goal of the campaign.

It mattered little to the delirious away support, who did acknowledge the rugby side’s Grand Slam triumph with a chant of ‘Wales, Wales’ at news of the Millennium Stadium’s final whistle – but then reminded all that ‘There’s Only One Team in Wales’ soon after.

By this stage, there was only one team on the pitch as ‘Olés’ greeted pass after pass after pass. Death by football, as one hack observed.

Fulham did try and give the fans that remained something to cheer, but when Dempsey found some space six minutes from time he found Vorm unsympathetic and able to tip his long-ranger onto and over the bar.

And Swansea’s defence stood tall to the end, Garry Monk slotting in and keeping a backline on top of their game to earn a 12th clean sheet.

A first three on the road since the days of John Toshack and passing the 37-point average that has been on average enough to stay-up for the past ten years.

And arguably the performance of the season as they showed they are just getting better and better.